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OpenAI might add ads to ChatGPT—game-changer or dealbreaker? While no plans are set, a key hire and rising costs suggest a shift could be on the horizon.

Here’s what we have for you today:

• 🤔 OpenAI weighs advertising!

• 🆒 AWS to start using liquid cooling for its AI servers!

• 🗣️ 7 surprisingly practical ways to use ChatGPT’s free voice wizard

• 👉 5 ways the latest Gemini models are changing retail

• 🤖 ChatGPT Prompt Of The Day: How to grow an email list

🤔 OpenAI Weighs Advertising!

Exciting developments are brewing at OpenAI – According to the Financial Times, there's chatter about possibly introducing ads into ChatGPT!

While CFO Sarah Friar has assured that there are "no active plans" just yet, the recent hiring of Shivakumar Venkataraman, a former Google ad executive, is definitely raising eyebrows.

Could this hint at new directions for ChatGPT, and if so, what’s fueling this potential shift?

Operating advanced AI models comes with a hefty price tag, and relying solely on subscriptions may not be enough to keep pace with growth.

Yet, it seems there's a bit of a tug-of-war within the company.

Founder Sam Altman recently described ads as a “last resort” in a recent fireside chat at Harvard Business School, expressing some unease about merging advertising with AI.

Can you imagine the balancing act needed to keep AI helpful while navigating the ad landscape?

It must be quite something because, for now, OpenAI is sticking with subscriptions, but as the world of AI continues to evolve, so might its funding strategies.

So, our question is: If ads are eventually rolled out, could they revolutionize how businesses and professionals interact with AI tools like ChatGPT?

Or would they just feel intrusive, and you’d prefer to keep them separate?

Read the full story here!

💃 New Daily Content Series

We're thrilled to announce the launch of our new daily content series, "The Automated Show," which is available as a Podcast and on Instagram.

This is an exciting new way for you to stay up-to-date on the latest news and insights in the world of AI and automation.

For "The Automated Show" Daily Podcast, you can tune in every weekday for a fresh 1-minute episode covering top AI and automation stories, trends, and developments.

With "The Automated Show" Instagram Reels, we'll post one-minute video updates on our Instagram channel @theautomated_media.

Same goes for TikTok account @theautomatedshow?

These short, snackable Reels will complement the podcast by providing a visual overview of the latest AI innovations and applications.

Interested? We sure hope you are!😃

You can find "The Automated Show" podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and other major platforms.

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🆒 AWS to Start Using Liquid Cooling for its AI Servers!

It’s AWS re: Invent 2024, aka the Super Bowl of Cloud Computing, and Amazon is bringing the heat—well, actually, they’re cooling it down.

They’re rolling out liquid cooling systems for their AI servers, including their new Trainium2 chips (still in preview) and Nvidia’s powerhouse accelerators (NVIDIA GB200 NVL72).

Why the shift to liquid cooling, you ask?

Well, that's because AI servers can get hot—like, really hot— and maintaining an optimal cooling system is crucial for keeping them efficient and ready to handle those massive AI workloads.

But AWS isn’t ditching air cooling altogether.

They’re blending air and liquid cooling in a “multimodal” setup, which sounds fancy but just means they’re ensuring both traditional servers and AI machines run smoothly without blowing the budget.

And that’s not all!

AWS is also moving towards a more simplified electrical and mechanical design for its servers and server racks, likely cutting out wasteful power conversions (like AC-DC-AC) and switching to a sleeker DC power and/or HVAC system.

The result? Their racks will be able to handle or support six times more power density in the next two years and another three times more in the future.

To top it off, AWS is getting its AI to do some heavy lifting

They’re deploying AI to map out the best rack placements to reduce the amount of unused or underutilized power.

Plus, they’re introducing a fancy new control system with built-in telemetry services for real-time diagnostics, so troubleshooting will be less “Where’s the problem?” and more “Boom, fixed!”

Even Nvidia’s Ian Buck is hyped, calling these upgrades a game-changer for energy-efficient, high-performance AI workloads.

In short, AWS is future-proofing its data centers to handle the AI revolution without turning into a sauna.

Want to learn more? Check out the full report here.

🧱Around The AI Block

• 🗣️ 7 surprisingly practical ways to use ChatGPT’s free voice wizard.

• 👉 5 ways the latest Gemini models are changing retail.

• 🆕 The company behind Arc is building a new AI web browser called Dia.

• 🤖 Meta AI releases Llama Guard 3-1B-INT4: A compact and high-performance AI moderation model for human-AI conversations.

• 💪 OpenAI’s Altman is confident Trump will keep the US in the AI lead.

• ⏳AI-powered ‘Death Clock’ promises a more exact prediction of the day you’ll die.

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🤖ChatGPT Prompt Of The Day: How to grow an email list

An email list is not just for acquiring new customers; it's also a powerful tool for retaining existing ones.

Regular email communication helps to keep customers informed, engaged, and interested in your products or services over the long term.

Here's a prompt that can help you with that.

Identify the most effective strategies for rapidly growing an email list of <insert target audience> subscribers while maintaining high engagement and avoiding spam complaints.

Source

We've Compiled a List of Over 100 ChatGPT Power Prompts.

This should help streamline your interactions with ChatGPT and get the results you need more efficiently.

Best of all, It's free!

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